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Show PRICE OF MUTTON IS NOW LOWERED Bange Sheep Coming in to th Slaughter-Houses BerrieB and Cantaloupes Cheaper. WITH tho arrival of range mutton the wholesale market prices wero reduced yesterday. Last week, mutton was quoted at S cents a pound. For this week prime wethers will bo worth 7 cents and owcb 6V2 cents a pound. Veal Is sold for SVi cents and lambs half a cent a pound cheaper, at S conls, Business has been line all laat week, according to the reports of the leading wholesale dealers, with beef still tho leading feature of the market. Within With-in two weeks cattle will be coming in off tho ranees, and the prlco of beef will then follow tho example set this week by that of mutton. Veal 1h cheaper this year than It has been befbro. Usually the wholesale quotations have ranged from 9 cents upward, but this summer they have boen as low nn 8 cents. More Hood River strawberries camo In yesterday morning, and it Is again ox-pected ox-pected that they will bo found to havo composed tho lost shipment of the kind. They aro plentiful enough, and tho price has been forced as low as S2.25 a crato. but the Utah hom-grown berries arc replacing re-placing them and there Is no need for any Imports, Tho Utah berry was sold yesterday yester-day as low os 51.20 a crate, whllo tho bent quality brought 51.75, Tho size and llavor of theso berries continues to improve In some of tho cups exhibited on Market row thero wero ono or two that actually measured meas-ured three and four Inches across, Cantaloupes Canta-loupes wero also reduced nnd can now bo obtained for J2 a dozen. With tho exception excep-tion of those features, the market was rather dull yesterday The commission nouses wero very busy sending out the shipments to fill their orders In the country, coun-try, but tho farmers did not havo a very good stock for saio In the morning. Poultry Poul-try and llsh continue to be lively and the demand remains steady nil the time. |